Weird world

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — With politics set aside, well-wishers gathered to wish the Taipei zoo’s oldest giant panda a happ…

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — An ostrich brought traffic to a halt in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Tuesday as motorists tri…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 10-foot-long python was discovered in a vehicle during a bust of an illegal sideshow in the San …

( KRON ) – A reptile owner trying to escape the police left their 10-foot python in a vehicle, according to California&…

BOSTON (AP) — Blue Jays-turned-Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn’t just play for both teams in the same game — a first …

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen is enjoying his odd slice of baseball history as he prepares to becom…

DALLAS (AP) — Several Los Angeles Chargers players and other members of the travelling party crawled through a ceiling …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Hundreds of people in various states of undress cruised the streets of Philadelphia to cheers from …

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Navy says there was "no deeper message” in the choice to blast the famed Imperial Marc…

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A college town in Mississippi temporarily closed a street Wednesday after a delivery truck dropped…

After Sam Sam the Kittycat Man disappeared 11 years ago, Jennifer Ravenel couldn't hold another cat in her lap. Her…

SAN FRANCISCO ( KRON ) – Residents who live near a Waymo parking lot are experiencing an "only in San Francisco&qu…

MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — United States Coast Guard crewmen on duty at the Aviation Training Center in Mobile, Alabama, w…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Stumpy lives on! The stunted and gnarled cherry tree that became an unlikely social media celebrity …

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. ( WAVY ) — A mysterious black ring appeared in the sky over southeastern Virginia on Tuesday. Nexsta…

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo's newest baby pygmy hippo made her public debut on Thursday, a day after her name — To…

DETROIT (AP) — A teenager on a field trip to see a Detroit court ended up in jail clothes and handcuffs because a judge…

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania groundhog is making a name for himself for something other than predicting an …

Whatever possessed Vice President Kamala Harris to pick Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, it probably wasn’t…

CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA, Calif. (AP) — No one in this wealthy California community known for its white-sand beaches and story…

PICACHO, Ariz. (AP) — How long does it take a large desert tortoise to get to the other side of a southern Arizona high…

FLORENCE, S.C. ( WBTW ) — A man who tripped over a rope holding down Buc-ee's large inflatable beaver mascot in Flo…

LOMBARD, Ill. ( WGN ) — A suburban Chicago brewpub was recently fined and given an "education" in connection …

NEW YORK (AP) — A couple of longtime Brooklyn residents were lounging in the heat last week, staring at a sidewalk tree…

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Friday marked the start of the annual Florida Python Challenge, where hunters head into th…

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The search is on for a small alligator in Erie, Pennsylvania, after it was caught on video last weeken…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A dog chomping on a lithium-ion battery sparked a serious house fire in Oklahoma, and video of the …

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City emergency management officials have apologized for a hard-to-understand flood warning iss…

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify the Mississippi Valley Fair is held in Iowa. DAVENPORT, Iowa…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — When a 911 call came in saying a woman in Nashville was experiencing sudden labor, emergency op…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s capital city is establishing a new pecking order for backyard chickens and roosters afte…

BURRILLVILLE, R.I. ( WPRI ) — Brian Dansereau says he was fired from the house featured in the film "The Conjuring…